Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-29
THE WOOL INDUSTRY.
...ruous Growth of Its Manufacture
showing increased Wealth and
Comfort in Style Of Living.
,A. China. American Sank Established
"A Plot 10 Kill Balfour-
Secluding the Crows.

w.sHsoToN, October 26.-The report ol
nj switsIsr chief of the bureau OF etatis
ss on wool and manufactures of wool, il
.,.dy for distribution. The report shows
nat the number OF sheep in tile
United States increased from nineteen
million in 1910 to fifty-one million in 1884,
mt declined to iorty-6ve million in 1887.
Mis marked decline occurred mainly in the
:uuthern and Western States end is attri.
ned to the decline in the price Of wool
cs 1884. Great Britain, being the
ding wool market OF tho world, has
,says been the principal market for on.
mrcbases OF wool. Turkey and Russia
1svs also been important sources oi
d;,ect supply. but the Argentine Republic
nox next to Great Britain our source OF
.nnuy fullowed by Australasia. Our
IMPORTS OF WOOL
,oss from 1,715, 500 pounds In 1899 to
ia N3s, ,O3O pounds in 1857. The increase
IN wool imports has about kept pace with
,be growth Of our WOOL products, both hav.
=, about doubled since 1860. A series of
.nhIos .nt ;llustrates the increase in products
ond ;muortations and the relations be.
ama .,noo, tbe two. As for example: From
1881 TO 1868, 161,OOO,hOO pounds
srs nroduced and 43, 100000 imported.
rrom 1874 to 1878, 19S.OOO.OOO were
nro5ucsd and 45O.O00,OOO imported
Erom 1882 to 1885, 2O7, 900 900 we're
rroduced. 100000 imported. From
1s22to S3l the annual imports OF wool
IN manufactures averaged $4,000, 900 Ia
va|ue, or more than II cents per capita,
while from 1922 to 1841 they reached
aver $4,000, 900, or 81 cents per capita.
The value of our wooden product in 1850
xss twenty five million dollars in round
numbers, and Of our imports nineteen mill
ions, both together being about
s1.95 PER CAPITA
O, our population; in 1860. thirty-nine
millions in value were produced and forty.
three millions imported, together being
sbout $2.6l per capita. In 1870 the pro-
duetion reached hundred and ten million
dolIars and importations thirty five million,
heinz S. 7S per capita. In 1880, the pro.
duct had grown to $173, 900 900 and i'm
ports wtre valued at $31 200, 900 be ng
s3.9l per capita. Thus while our product
Of wooens have increased since 1850,
nearly seven fold, our imports have in.
creased a bout 62 per cent, but consumption
per capita has doubled which the statis-
tIcian says
INDICATES IN A STRIKING MANNER
Che advancement OF wealth and comfort in
style Of living among the people OF the
country. Statistics OF imports and ex'
ports Of woolens in trade OF foreign coun-
tries show that the United Kingdom is
foremost in the foreign trade in woods, i'm
ports during 1885 amounting in value to
s4aOOOOOO, and exports SIZE. 600. 900.
Fr1ncs romes next with imports $40, 900,
0oo and exports $4,000. 900. Ger
many imports $25,OOO,OOO and ex-
ports $51, 100000. There has been
large decline in the wool trade in Great
Britain since 1874, as shown by the re-
port as follows: Exports from 1870 to
1875 s787 900, 900; from 1870 to 1884,
s548 O0O, 900. showing decline OF $780,
OOO,0O0 or 30 per cent. between the
periods. This decline is attributed in part
to biyh foreign tariffs, which, it is claimed,
shut out the manufactures OF Great
Britain for foreign markets.